Announcement – Music

Feb 3 2018

So, Lexington, try to act normal when one of the country’s best saxophonists stops by tonight

 

It would be a pretty good idea to be in Lexington, KY tonight.  JD Allen is gonna be in town for a February 3rd show at Tee Dee’s Lounge.  The tenor saxophonist is one of the best on the scene, and his ability to switch between an old-school bop and something with some edge and thump more reflective of the modern scene is one of the many reasons his music is so damn entertaining.

You can read more about his latest album, Radio Flyer, right here on this site.  And there’s a nice write-up about this show and the artist by Lexington scribe Walter Tunis.  He’s a nice resource for the Lexington, KY scene, and his blog Musical Box is a good place to learn what’s up.

This show is part of the Origins Jazz Series, which has begun bringing some intriguing shows to the Lexington scene.

The show details:

When:  Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 at 7:30pm

Where:  Tee Dee’s Lounge, 266 E. Second Street, Lexington, KY.

Tickets are $17.50.

The artist’s site-> LINK

Learn more about the Origins Jazz Series-> LINK

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Jan 28 2018

Preview “Heart Tonic,” the new album from Caroline Davis

 

There’s a new Caroline Davis album on the horizon.  The NYC-based Chicago expat is releasing Heart Tonic on March 23rd, 2018 on Sunnyside Records.  The alto saxophonist is joined by an intriguing cast for her newest, and the equation leads to some nifty transitioning between old-school and new-school expressions.  In addition to her previous recordings, Davis is a member of interstate ensemble Whirlpool and the rooted-in-Chicago trio Pedway, a band name any Chicagoan would adore, but also filled with all kinds of potential meaning.  You can check out all of this music by following the provided links or just going straight to Davis’s Bandcamp page.

Here’s a preview of what’s to come…

Your album personnel:  Caroline Davis (alto sax), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Julian Shore (piano, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX7, Roland JD-Xi), Tamir Shmerling (acoustic & electric basses), Jay Sawyer (drums) and guests:  Rogerio Boccato (percussion), Benjamin Hoffman (organ).

It won’t be long before you can pre-order it on the Sunnyside Bandcamp page.

I’ll update the post as links become available.

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Jan 20 2018

Get a listen of the London scene and preview “We Out Here” on Brownswood Recordings

 

Hitting the shelves next month is the We Out Here compilation, featuring some of the musicians that are making London one of the more exciting scenes in jazz, improvised music, and all the cool stuff that doesn’t fit neatly into a single category.  It’s getting released by the Brownswood Recordings label, which was founded UK tastemaker Gilles Petersen.  Many of the UK-based under-the-radar artists you read about on this site (and my monthly Bandcamp Daily column) don’t fly under Petersen’s radar, so if you’re unfamiliar with the guy, then let me just say I recommend his recommendations.

Some of the musicians on this compilation you’ve heard previously on this site.  The music of Moses Boyd, Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, and Theon Cross have all received warm recommendations from these parts, but there are others that will be new to both you and I.  That’s pretty cool.  Give a listen to three of the tracks…

We Out Here releases February 9th, 2018 on Brownswood Recordings.

Learn more about the album, and pre-order it, on their Bandcamp page.

Also available for pre-order on Amazon.

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Jan 12 2018

Good god, Edition Records knows how to make a gorgeous promo video (aka Verneri Pohjola has a new album coming out soon)

 

Have you ever found yourself gazing with adoration at a spread of ECM Records album covers spread out across the table, just drowning yourself in each beautiful image.  Well, Edition Records is going to make that seem like a naive childhood infatuation if they keep raising the bar like this with their promo videos.

Just take a look at this shit…

I mean, how gorgeous is that?  Want more?  Guess what… there is more.

Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and percussionist Mika Kallio put together an improvised soundtrack for the documentary Animal Image from Perttu Saksa.

Here’s some stuff from the press release.  While you read this, I’m going to go watch that video again.

The movie depicts nature-photographer and writer Heikki Willamo’s journey to the landscape of the post ice-age northern wilderness to explore man’s ancient relationship to his prey and Willamo’s personal encounters with the inhabitants of the northern woods. Man, bear, sky and fire: the Finnish forest is a place like nowhere else, a place of dreams and the imagination, an ancient place where its denizens live in the shadows.

And, as you might have guessed, if there’s more video, that must mean there’s more music.  There is.  The album Animal Image is getting released February 23rd, 2018 on Edition Records, featuring thirty seven minutes of exactly this kind of beauty.

Here’s a preview track from that album.

Your album personnel:  Verneri Pohjola (trumpet, electronics) and Mika Kallio (drums, gongs).

Learn more about the album and pre-order it on the artist’s Bandcamp page.

You can also pre-order it on Amazon.

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Dec 19 2017

Now up: A special 2017 year-end “Best of Bandcamp Jazz” recommendation list

 

As if the roll-out of the Bird is the Worm Best of 2017 wasn’t enough excitement… Now up, the latest Best of Bandcamp Jazz recommendations for The Bandcamp Daily.  The newest monthly installment looks back on 2017, revisits some albums previously recommended, but also presents some gems that hit the Bandcamp shelves after columns were submitted.  All of the music is evidence of just how deep 2017 was for quality jazz, and just how much talent is represented by the current pool of musicians.

Follow this LINK to read those recommendations and listen to music from each album.

Have fun going through the list!

Cheers.

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